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British Columbia timber sales boosted by Chinese market
18/11/2009
The British Columbian Ministry of Forests and Range (MoFR) figures for sales of timber show that 2009’s sales have surpassed the sales made last year.
A forestry trade mission to China helped to establish the market there for buying Canadian timber. Pat Bell, the MoFR minister, explained how beneficial the trade mission was: “companies participating in the China mission estimate they have generated sales of 156 million board feet of lumber to China from November and December.”
British Columbia exported 975 million board feet of softwood products to China between January and August this year. This is well in excess of the 784 million board feet exported throughout 2008.
The China trade mission was part of moves by Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd and Canada Wood Group to help diversify British Columbia’s markets in terms of its timber sales.
Delegates attending the mission agreed a memorandum of understanding that Shanghai would use wood-framed construction in its new affordable housing projects.
Canada Wood Group’s chairman Rick Jeffery added, “some of the biggest market opportunities we see lie in rural and urban affordable housing.”
A forestry trade mission to China helped to establish the market there for buying Canadian timber. Pat Bell, the MoFR minister, explained how beneficial the trade mission was: “companies participating in the China mission estimate they have generated sales of 156 million board feet of lumber to China from November and December.”
British Columbia exported 975 million board feet of softwood products to China between January and August this year. This is well in excess of the 784 million board feet exported throughout 2008.
The China trade mission was part of moves by Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd and Canada Wood Group to help diversify British Columbia’s markets in terms of its timber sales.
Delegates attending the mission agreed a memorandum of understanding that Shanghai would use wood-framed construction in its new affordable housing projects.
Canada Wood Group’s chairman Rick Jeffery added, “some of the biggest market opportunities we see lie in rural and urban affordable housing.”
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